Margaret Alva will be the Vice Presidential candidate of the opposition: Once the Congress high command was accused of selling tickets; Was the governor of 4 states including Rajasthan

Margaret Alva

Opposition parties have declared former Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva as the candidate for the post of Vice President. NCP Chief Sharad Pawar has announced the names. 80-year-old Alva is originally from Mangaluru, Karnataka. He will face NDA candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar.

Cabinet minister in the government of Rajiv Gandhi and Narisamha Rao
Margaret Alva has been a cabinet minister in the governments of Rajiv Gandhi and PV Narasimha Rao. Rajiv has been the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Youth Department in the cabinet, while the Minister of Public and Pensions Department in Rao’s government.

Has been the governor of 4 states including Gujarat-Rajasthan
Alva has been the governor of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa and Uttarakhand. Alva has been the first woman governor of Uttarakhand. She has served as the Governor of Uttarakhand from 2009 to 2012. Apart from this, she has been the Governor of Rajasthan from 2012-2014. During this time he also got the charge of Gujarat and Goa.

Congress high command was accused of selling tickets
During the 2008 assembly elections, Alva had accused the Congress high command of selling tickets, after which he was removed from the post of general secretary by the Congress. Alva was then in charge of Maharashtra, Mizoram and Punjab-Haryana. However, due to his close relationship with the Gandhi family, he was sent to Uttarakhand as the governor.